Confed Rates Threaten Local Peace and Danish Honor
A distressing report from yesterday states WY fellows calling themselves Confederates under Opalski damaged order in a nearby area. They beat a diffident minister, cut him with a sabre, and extorted contributions, provoking fear of widespread banditry. Meanwhile Copenhagen residents plan a statue for Count Bernstorff. Warsaw mentions Prussian demands and convent sacrifices. Berlin notes the Duchess of Brunswick's arrival at Sansouci.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraustad
Hamburgh
Copenhagen
Count Bernstorff
Denmark
England
France
Warsaw
Dantzick
St. Bridget
Wermer
Berlin
Marté
Brunswick
Potzdam
Sans.Souci
Frederick of
British unrest in 18th century price riot at Portsmouth
An April letter from Bury St. Edmunds describes mob action as price protests escalate into a three day riot. Workers force high bread meat butter and cheese prices, threaten punishment by hanging, then disperse after authorities summon troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
British
Britain
Portsmouth
Bury St. Edmund's
London
Pakenham
Bridewell
Fragmentary Local Exchange on Food Shortage Fears
The fragment notes fear among Sutchers about meat being seized if killed and a collective stance to preserve fat as a virtue of necessity. The writing hints at a broader panic over food supply and authorities potentially taking meat. It reflects era language and public worry amid scarcity.
Portmouth Letter Details Naval Movements Off Yarmouth
Extra from Portmouth reports the Garysfort and Scorpion men of war near Yarmouth Road by the Isle of Wight, wind favorable now and the ships sailing again. It notes the Winchester man of war from Gibraltar cleared from quarantine and lists vessels at Deal sailing for various destinations plus ships remaining in the Downs and arrivals at Dublin Virginia Tobago and Cowes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portmouth
Garysfort
Scorpion
Yarmouth Road
Ise of Wight
Winchester
Gibralar, &c
Deal
Minerva
Boston
Diana
Vanhorn
Honduras
Hope
Goldsmith
Smyrna
Draper
Merray
London
Publin
Downs
Beaver
Bay of
Hall
East
Richard
South Carolina
Cowes
Eagle
Rookin
Ditto
Whitehaven
Glorious Court Life and East India Charter Debate
London on Good Friday saw the Royal Chapel service and court rituals as dispatches arrive from Versailles and Vienna. The piece details a pushed divorce rumor, Papal audiences with the Duke of Gloucester, and a sweeping East India Bill creating a Supreme Court at Fort William with broad powers and anti corruption provisions. It also covers wheat shortages, price controls, riots, and local relief efforts, plus civic notices on coal schemes, clerical appointments, and odd local misfortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Royal
Thomas
Werminster
St. James’s
Vienna
Struensee
Mustapha
France
Chevalier St. George
Madrid
Duke of Gloucester
Benedict
Naples
Rome
Piranesi
Cleopatra
Virtue
Vatican
Newmarket
Lord North
Earl Gower
Sheriff Bull
St. Paul’s
Kettleby
East India Company
Bengal
United Company of Merchants
East Indies
Fort William
King’s Bench and Common Pleas
England
Council
Supreme Court of Judicature
Calcutta
Port William
Bahar
Ofiffa
Court of King’s Bench
Shaill
Ofice
Great Britain
Ferfig
West, Indies
Granville
Stewart
Falmouth
Ireland
America
Begvary
Culebenter
Suffolk
London
War Office
Chelmsford
Witham
Norwich
Guildhall
Charles Whitworth
Charles
John Bostock
Bostock
St. Bennet Fink
Royal Exchange
Windsor
Charles Newlinz
S. A
Westbury
Saiop
J. Claycon
Sellersbury
Yorkshire
Three Hammer Alley
Thomas’s Hospital
Hyde Park
Compter
Leith
Williams
Newgate
Alexander Peckham
Gray
Lave
Cox
David Wilnct
Wm. Gascoigne
Elgis
Holloway-row
Bethnal-green
William Sims
Tyler
Denmark Court
Drury
Jane
Dewonthire Square
Bithopgae
Mir
John Miers
Lad-len
Red Lion-Street
Cee
Britain
Mr. Jameson
Bond-street
Juba Horiley
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